diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index eaa2f2a404..54d715ead1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -270,15 +270,18 @@ So does `git bundle` (see linkgit:git-bundle[1]) when it creates a bundle.
 	This option specifies how missing objects are handled.
 +
 The form '--missing=error' requests that pack-objects stop with an error if
-a missing object is encountered.  This is the default action.
+a missing object is encountered.  If the repository is a partial clone, an
+attempt to fetch missing objects will be made before declaring them missing.
+This is the default action.
 +
 The form '--missing=allow-any' will allow object traversal to continue
-if a missing object is encountered.  Missing objects will silently be
-omitted from the results.
+if a missing object is encountered.  No fetch of a missing object will occur.
+Missing objects will silently be omitted from the results.
 +
 The form '--missing=allow-promisor' is like 'allow-any', but will only
 allow object traversal to continue for EXPECTED promisor missing objects.
-Unexpected missing object will raise an error.
+No fetch of a missing object will occur.  An unexpected missing object will
+raise an error.
 
 --exclude-promisor-objects::
 	Omit objects that are known to be in the promisor remote.  (This
diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index 8bff604dbe..402d80602a 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -3178,7 +3178,7 @@ static int apply_binary(struct apply_state *state,
 		return 0; /* deletion patch */
 	}
 
-	if (has_object_file(&oid)) {
+	if (has_object(the_repository, &oid, 0)) {
 		/* We already have the postimage */
 		enum object_type type;
 		unsigned long size;
diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index 37aa07da78..fbf26cafcf 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int mark_object(struct object *obj, int type, void *data, struct fsck_opt
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!(obj->flags & HAS_OBJ)) {
-		if (parent && !has_object_file(&obj->oid)) {
+		if (parent && !has_object(the_repository, &obj->oid, 1)) {
 			printf_ln(_("broken link from %7s %s\n"
 				    "              to %7s %s"),
 				  printable_type(&parent->oid, parent->type),
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index ada47d1a57..a8692d27f1 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -3048,7 +3048,7 @@ static void show_object__ma_allow_any(struct object *obj, const char *name, void
 	 * Quietly ignore ALL missing objects.  This avoids problems with
 	 * staging them now and getting an odd error later.
 	 */
-	if (!has_object_file(&obj->oid))
+	if (!has_object(the_repository, &obj->oid, 0))
 		return;
 
 	show_object(obj, name, data);
@@ -3062,7 +3062,7 @@ static void show_object__ma_allow_promisor(struct object *obj, const char *name,
 	 * Quietly ignore EXPECTED missing objects.  This avoids problems with
 	 * staging them now and getting an odd error later.
 	 */
-	if (!has_object_file(&obj->oid) && is_promisor_object(&obj->oid))
+	if (!has_object(the_repository, &obj->oid, 0) && is_promisor_object(&obj->oid))
 		return;
 
 	show_object(obj, name, data);
diff --git a/object-store.h b/object-store.h
index f439d47af8..c4fc9dd74e 100644
--- a/object-store.h
+++ b/object-store.h
@@ -239,12 +239,33 @@ int read_loose_object(const char *path,
 		      unsigned long *size,
 		      void **contents);
 
+/* Retry packed storage after checking packed and loose storage */
+#define HAS_OBJECT_RECHECK_PACKED 1
+
+/*
+ * Returns 1 if the object exists. This function will not lazily fetch objects
+ * in a partial clone.
+ */
+int has_object(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid,
+	       unsigned flags);
+
+/*
+ * These macros and functions are deprecated. If checking existence for an
+ * object that is likely to be missing and/or whose absence is relatively
+ * inconsequential (or is consequential but the caller is prepared to handle
+ * it), use has_object(), which has better defaults (no lazy fetch in a partial
+ * clone and no rechecking of packed storage). In the unlikely event that a
+ * caller needs to assert existence of an object that it fully expects to
+ * exist, and wants to trigger a lazy fetch in a partial clone, use
+ * oid_object_info_extended() with a NULL struct object_info.
+ *
+ * These functions can be removed once all callers have migrated to
+ * has_object() and/or oid_object_info_extended().
+ */
 #ifndef NO_THE_REPOSITORY_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS
 #define has_sha1_file_with_flags(sha1, flags) repo_has_sha1_file_with_flags(the_repository, sha1, flags)
 #define has_sha1_file(sha1) repo_has_sha1_file(the_repository, sha1)
 #endif
-
-/* Same as the above, except for struct object_id. */
 int repo_has_object_file(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid);
 int repo_has_object_file_with_flags(struct repository *r,
 				    const struct object_id *oid, int flags);
diff --git a/sha1-file.c b/sha1-file.c
index 8904559da2..dd65bd5c68 100644
--- a/sha1-file.c
+++ b/sha1-file.c
@@ -1989,6 +1989,18 @@ int force_object_loose(const struct object_id *oid, time_t mtime)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int has_object(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid,
+	       unsigned flags)
+{
+	int quick = !(flags & HAS_OBJECT_RECHECK_PACKED);
+	unsigned object_info_flags = OBJECT_INFO_SKIP_FETCH_OBJECT |
+		(quick ? OBJECT_INFO_QUICK : 0);
+
+	if (!startup_info->have_repository)
+		return 0;
+	return oid_object_info_extended(r, oid, NULL, object_info_flags) >= 0;
+}
+
 int repo_has_object_file_with_flags(struct repository *r,
 				    const struct object_id *oid, int flags)
 {
diff --git a/t/t4150-am.sh b/t/t4150-am.sh
index bda4586a79..94a2c76522 100755
--- a/t/t4150-am.sh
+++ b/t/t4150-am.sh
@@ -1133,4 +1133,20 @@ test_expect_success 'am and .gitattibutes' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'apply binary blob in partial clone' '
+	printf "\\000" >binary &&
+	git add binary &&
+	git commit -m "binary blob" &&
+	git format-patch --stdout -m HEAD^ >patch &&
+
+	test_create_repo server &&
+	test_config -C server uploadpack.allowfilter 1 &&
+	test_config -C server uploadpack.allowanysha1inwant 1 &&
+	git clone --filter=blob:none "file://$(pwd)/server" client &&
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf client" &&
+
+	# Exercise to make sure that it works
+	git -C client am ../patch
+'
+
 test_done